Metagenomics of microbial life in extreme temperature environments

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 516-525

  Lewin, Anna ^a   Wentzel, Alexander ^b   Valla, Svein ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF MATERIALS AND CHEMISTRY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL COMMUNITY; DNA SEQUENCING; EXTREME CONDITIONS; EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; FUTURE CHALLENGES; MICROBIAL LIFE; SEQUENCE INFORMATIONS;

DNA SEQUENCES;

OCEAN HABITATS;

DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACIDITY; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HEAT ACCLIMATIZATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYPERTHERMOPHILE; LOW TEMPERATURE; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALINITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMOPHILE;

BIOTA; COLD TEMPERATURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HOT TEMPERATURE; METAGENOMICS;

EID: 84878666353     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2012.10.012     Document Type: Review

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